From the author of Replenishing the Sea of Galilee, comes a story of love, determination, and political intrigue : Nad of Nadide' reveals that love, whether between two of the same ethnicity, or between lovers who never expected to cross ethnic boundaries, is one worth fighting for, at the cost of defying all norms and challenges. "When Palestinian Fareed met Turkish Nadide', neither could imagine the course of events that their relationship would trigger. The daughter of a ruling Turkish general, Nadide's affections ...
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From the author of Replenishing the Sea of Galilee, comes a story of love, determination, and political intrigue : Nad of Nadide' reveals that love, whether between two of the same ethnicity, or between lovers who never expected to cross ethnic boundaries, is one worth fighting for, at the cost of defying all norms and challenges. "When Palestinian Fareed met Turkish Nadide', neither could imagine the course of events that their relationship would trigger. The daughter of a ruling Turkish general, Nadide's affections are at the center of a tumultuous political landscape in the 1980s . With conflict rising between her suitor and her father, on one side, and her father's political enemies, on the other, the two targeted her with opposite benefits, albeit each wanting her to abort her yearning to reach her goal, a goal possessed by a wish to follow her heart. Will love and determination win out over personal grudges and political interests?
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ââ?¬Å"Donââ?¬â?¢t worry; she has been taking sneak looks at you every couple of minutes. I think she likes you ââ?¬Â¦She is gorgeous and rather tall.ââ?¬Â?
Fareed, a university student, has decided to transfer to a new school in Turkey after breaking up with his beautiful but abusive girlfriend. Fareed finds his eye drawn immediately to the beautiful girl across the aisle on his plane and is intrigued to find her also enrolled in the same engineering class. They begin trading notes in class, but never speak. Even more fascinating to Fareed is that everyone warns him away from the beautiful Nadide. She is the daughter of a Turkish General and is expected to soon be engaged to one of his closest subordinates. The General expects his daughter to marry a Muslim of at least 3 generations of Turkish descent. Fareed, while Muslim, and the son of two world renowned neurosurgeons, has no chance to win the General�s favor: his father is a Palestinian and his mother is an Irish Catholic.
And so begins a Romeo and Juliet story full of political tumult and battles for self-determination. While the narrative centers around Fareed, it quickly becomes clear that the author doesnââ?¬â?¢t really want to tell Fareedââ?¬â?¢s story. What he really seems to want to show is Nadideââ?¬â?¢s battle to make her own decisions as a free and educated woman in a male-dominated world. Soon it is revealed that the real powers in this book are not the men, but the women: Fareedââ?¬â?¢s mother, Fiona, who is a neurosurgeon, and a political powerhouse who can out-diplomat several countriesââ?¬â?¢ own male ambassadors; Ayshe, Nadideââ?¬â?¢s mother, who surprises everyone with her announcements toward the end of the book; and Nadide and her girl friends, who stand up for themselves at every turn. In such matters, the story was refreshing. Itââ?¬â?¢s not ââ?¬Å"Romeoââ?¬Â? to the rescue, but ââ?¬Å"Romeoââ?¬â?¢sââ?¬Â? mother and ââ?¬Å"Julietââ?¬â?¢sââ?¬Â? mother who come together for the good of their star-crossed adult children.
Still, I was a bit disappointed in Abu-Rishââ?¬â?¢s decision to set such a potentially feminist book in the perspective of a man (Fareed) as the main character. It takes much too long for us to even get to know the powerhouse duo of Fiona and Ayshe. And poor Nadide, while she tries to stand up for herself and be a liberated woman, even choosing to go by the name Nad rather than her fatherââ?¬â?¢s preferred Nadide, she still plays subordinate to the handsome new boyfriend who picks her new name and seems to control most of their interactions. Sheââ?¬â?¢s even portrayed as a jealous fool several times ââ?¬" though she eventually gets smart. Wagih Abu-Rishââ?¬â?¢s ââ?¬Å"Nadideââ?¬Â? did not fully meet my expectations, but I do believe the book will appeal to a wide audience, especially readers who enjoy intricate narratives that blend romance, feminist perspectives, cultural exploration, and the influence of family and society on personal destiny.
